SAINT
LOUIS, November 23, 2010 - Grandmaster and former World Champion Garry
Kasparov will be making an appearance at the Chess Club and Scholastic
Center of Saint Louis on Monday, November 29, just one day after the
conclusion of the Thanksgiving Open tourney featuring renowned GM Nigel
Short and an $11,000 prize fund.Kasparov,
who is coming to Saint Louis to deliver a political lecture, will make
an appearance at the CCSCSL from 4-5 p.m. The club has arranged a
special setting in which club members and the general public can meet
and greet the living legend.Short,
who was already scheduled to conduct a special lecture and simul
beginning at 6 p.m., will also be in attendance. His lecture is free for
club members but will cost the general public $10. The simul, scheduled
to follow the lecture at 7:30 p.m., has been capped at 30 participants,
but those interested can still submit their name for the wait list.This
is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to meet two of the best players in
the world, who once battled one another for the World Chess Championship
title in 1993.The
festivities follow the largest prize fund tournament ever offered by
the CCSCSL excluding a U.S. Championship event. The Thanksgiving Open,
which takes place November 26-29, features an $11,000 prize fund, and
two-day and three-day options are available to make the tournament
easily accessible for all.In addition to Short, a host of other titled players have committed including:

Resident GM Ben Finegold

GM Yury Shulman

GM Alex Onischuk

GM Ray Robson

GM Gregory Kaidanov

GM Dmitry Gurevich

GM Timur Gareev

GM Mesgen Amanov

IM Michael Brooks

IM Istvan Sipos

IM Angelo Young

IM Raja Panjwani

WGM Sabina Foisor

WIM Alisa Melekhina

Registration
costs $119 for the three-day option and $118 for the two-day option.
There will be a re-entry option available for $60.This
event will be a FIDE-rated, six-round, G/120 event in three sections:
Open, U1800 and U1400. The prize breakdown is as follows:Open:

Overall: $1,600-$1,000-$600-$400

U2400: $550-$450

U2200: $500-$300

U2000: $450-$250

U1800:

Overall: $1,000-$500-$300

U1600: $450-$250

U1400:

Overall: $1,000-$500-$300

U1200: $250-$150

U1000: $225-$125

Don't
miss your opportunity to meet two living legends and play in a
fantastic tournament in Saint Louis. For more information, please call
314.361.CHESS (2437) or visit www.saintlouischessclub.org.